Gearing.



GEARING. APPLICATION FILED JAN 28, 1914. 1,143,280. Patented June 15, 1915.

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GEORGE J'OOS,

GEARING.

or FOUNTAIN CITY, WISCONSIN.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11119 15, 1915.

Application filed January 28, 1914. Serial Ho. 815,022.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE J 00s, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fountain City, in the countyof Buffalo and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gearing, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gearing, and an object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved gearing whereby the operative connection between a driving shaftand a driven shaft is capable of movement relative to such shafts to control the rotation of the driven shaft.

V Another object of the present invention 1s the provislon of a gearing of the above character which will possess advantages in points of efliciency and durability, is inexpensive to manufacture and at the same time is simple in construction and operation. With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view, partly in top plan and partly in section, illustrating an era bodiment of my invention with the driving shaft and driven shaft operatively connected; and Fig. 2 is a front elevational view illustrating gearing constructed in accordance with my invention as herein set forth, the driving shaft and the driven shaft being disconnected.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes a base on which is mounted a hollow body or tank 9 and rotatably mounted within said hollow body or tank 9 is the element 12 herein disclosed as a cylindrical reticulated body adapted to contain clothes or the like. Projecting outwardly from each of the closed ends of the element or cylinder 12 are the stub shafts 13, one of which having fixed thereto a beveled gear 14. Adriving shaft 19 is rotatably mounted upon the forward end of the tank 9 and connected to one end of the shaft is a pulley 20 suitably connected by means of the belt 21 to the pulley 8. Mounted upon the other endof the shaft is a pinion 21 which is adapted to mesh with a similar pinion 22 mounted upon the transverse shaft 23, which iscarried by the swinging bracket 24. The bracket 24. is preferably U shaped in construction and is pivotally se' cured to the supports 25 and is adapted to be swung upwardly so that the beveled gear 26 "Wlll mesh with the beveled gear 14 and the pinions 21 and 22 will also be brought into engagement with the beveled gear 14 to rotate the cylinder 12 Within the tank 9. The medial portion of the bracket 24 is provided with a suitable loop 27 adapted to be yieldably engaged by the catch member 28 when the bracket is disposed in an operative position to hold the same in such position.

In F ig. 2 of the drawings, I have illustrated the device in an inoperative position so that the cylinder 12 may remain sta tionary while the shaft 19 still continues to run. When it is desired to convey rotary movement to the cylinder 12, the bracket 24 is swung upwardly by grasping the handle 27 so that the pinions 21 and 22 and the beveled gears 14 and 26 will be thrown into engagement so as to convey motion from the shaft 19 to the cylinder 12. In order to retain the bracket 24 in an operative po sition, the loop 27 is engaged with the catch member 28 and it will be apparent that this loop may be readily disengaged from the catch member when desired so that the bracket may be again swung downwardly to its inoperative position.

\Vhile I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my invention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features or departing from the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In combination with a body, a shaft rotatably supported thereby, a gear carried by the shaft, a transverse shaft carried by one end of the body, a gear upon the inner end thereof, a U-shaped bracket pivotally mounted upon the end of the body, a shaft carried thereby, a bevel gear upon one end of the shaft adapted to mesh with the gear on the first named shaft, and a second gear adapted to mesh with the gear on the transverse rotatably supported thereby, a bevel gear Copies of this patent'may beiobtained for carried by the shaft, a transverse shaft carried by the end of the body, a gear upon the inner end of saidtransverse shaft, a pivoted U-shaped frame supported beneath the aforesaid gears, a shaft carried thereby, a

bevel gear upon one end of the shaft adapted to mesh with the bevel gear upon the first named shaft, a second gear upon the other end of the shaftand adapted to mesh with the gear on the transverse shaft, a handle formed onthe U-shaped frame whereby to swing the same to an operative position and engage the aforesaid gears and means for rotating the transverse shaft.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my 5 signature inthe presence of witnesses. V

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